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December 10, 2007
It’s the right time to call it a day
The Hattiesburg American Editorial, 12/8/7 By Trent Lott: Last week, I announced I’d be retiring from the Senate when the Senate ends its current session. That’ll be sometime in late December depending on when we finish appropriations bills and other pending Senate business. My reasons are varied, but basically it’s a family decision – one…
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December 10, 2007
Council takes no action on attorneys
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/8/7 After more than three hours in closed session Friday, the Jackson City Council took no action to hire additional attorneys to defend Mayor Frank Melton in two of four civil cases in which he and other city employees were named defendants. City Council President Leslie Burl McLemore said unanswered questions remain.
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December 10, 2007
ICLAWBLOG – Scruggs Nation, Day 11: Coffee, Tea or Dickie?
Scruggs Nation, Day 11: Coffee, Tea or Dickie? Scruggs has filed a motion, not opposed by the United States, to allow his private jet to take to the air once more, for the use of his attorneys in the criminal actions against him in Mississippi and Alabama. As a condition of release, U.S. Magistrate S.…
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December 9, 2007
CL – Money, power, politics and the law: Dickie Scruggs, Lightning rod
Money, power, politics and the law: Dickie Scruggs, Lightning rod Author Michael Orey in the 1999 book Assuming the Risk : The Mavericks, the Lawyers, and the Whistle-Blowers Who Beat Big Tobacco (Little, Brown and Co.) suggested that even the contingency fee contract that gave Scruggs access to the tobacco case was the result of…
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December 9, 2007
CL EDITORIAL – Scruggs case: A league of his own
Scruggs case: A league of his own Scruggs’ political connections to prominent state politicians, his generosity to his Ole Miss alma mater, prior allegations of ruthless behavior on behalf of his clients and the lawyer’s penchant for using his wealth to guarantee the political outcomes he seeks – ask Insurance Commissioner George Dale about it…
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December 9, 2007
LOTT – ‘It’s been a wild ride’
‘It’s been a wild ride’ “I have no kind of sex problems. I have no financial problems. I have no legal problems,” he said Thursday on Sean Hannity’s national radio show. Commerical Dispatch 12/7/7
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December 9, 2007
NYT – Court Intrigue for the King of Torts
Court Intrigue for the King of Torts Mr. Scruggs’s own boasting about his ability to win verdicts from sympathetic small-town juries and judges will offer plenty of fodder for critics when his case goes to trial. What tort reform supporters call “judicial hellholes” — venues considered perilous for corporate defendants — Mr. Scruggs calls “magic…
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December 9, 2007
Fmr. Gov. Bill Allain (D) and Fmr. Hinds DA Ed Peters (D) Of Counsel with Tim Balducci’s Firm
As if this matter cannot get any stranger, there are letters provided by Insurance Coverage Blog that document several snarky letters between Union County Attorney Steve Livingston, Balducci’s “partner” former State Auditor Steve Patterson (D) and the Mississippi Bar. They reveal that Balducci has listed as Of Counsel with this firm Former Governor Bill Allain…
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December 9, 2007
ICLAWBLOG Patterson-, Balducci-related letters making the rounds in Mississippi
Patterson-, Balducci-related letters making the rounds in Mississippi As I have mentioned, the otherwise seemingly inexplicable “extra $10,000” payment that Balducci allegedly told Dickie Scruggs was needed to bribe the judge is evidence that Balducci was cooperating at that point (Balducci apparently never delivered the money to the judge — what would be the point…
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December 9, 2007
WSJLAWBLOG – AirScruggs Requests To Be Cleared For Takeoff
Scruggs Requests To Be Cleared For Takeoff Also joining Keker in the Mississippi mission is a trio of young Keker & Van Nest legal beagles — Brook Dooley, Travis LeBlanc and Warren Braunig. They’re scheduled to make an appearance on Monday, according to Keker, who’s everywhere these days. (Yes, this is the same Keker who…
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December 9, 2007
Justice Dept. weighs teaming up with Scruggs
Justice Dept. weighs teaming up with Scruggs While the Justice Department considered teaming up with Scruggs, federal prosecutors were secretly investigating the high-profile attorney for allegedly trying to bribe a state judge in Mississippi. Last week, a grand jury in Oxford indicted Scruggs and four others on charges they paid the judge $40,000 for a…
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December 9, 2007
Judge Kidd to Rule on Dist 71 Fight Monday
Wooten wants Dist. 71 win declared Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd will rule Monday on Wooten’s request that the court order the Elections Commission to certify the votes. Wooten has also asked for an injunction to stop the upcoming revote. Clarion Ledger 12/8/7
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Frank Corder
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April 20, 2026
USDA says 45 Mississippi counties have been affected by drought
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Sophie Bates, Associated Press
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April 20, 2026
Backlog in liquor, wine deliveries frustrates retailers in Mississippi
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Daniel Tyson
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April 20, 2026
Jackson airport funding included in governor veto as trial over control set for June
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Frank Corder
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April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Daniel Tyson
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April 9, 2026
Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi
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Robert St. John
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April 20, 2026
The Yonderlust Twenty
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Alistair Begg
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April 20, 2026
Enough for today
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Matt Friedeman
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April 19, 2026
Hosea and the kiss
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Chris Brown
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April 20, 2026
Simplified reporting will increase welfare fraud and errors
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Sid Salter
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April 15, 2026
April 15th is the perfect day to focus on the ramifications of federal and state tax gaps
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Hunter Estes
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April 14, 2026
From Mississippi to the moon
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